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Environment Places

Ameren and the shame that is Taum Sauk

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. A couple of days ago, the Southeast Missourian did a fluff piece on how important Ameren is to the Lesterville school system: Earlene Fox, superintendent of the Lesterville School District, said many entities are trying to decide how much to fine Ameren, turning the issue into a political hot button. Meanwhile […]

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Technology

If you can’t say anything nice…don’t weblog

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Comment to my post: However, if you don’t use Zooomr, you shouldn’t criticize. If you didn’t donate, you shouldn’t criticize. Bullshit. Zoli’s Weblog: I’ve never thought I would agree with Shelley Powers one day – she often attacks people and tends to be mean. Her comments on Scoble’s blog were […]

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Media

A brief Sci-Fi aside

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. For all Stargate Atlantis fans who watched tonight’s show, see this site for information about today’s story. Also, in the news today: the next season of Battlestar Galactica, the fourth, will be the last. The producers promise a wild ride.

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People

Gates and Jobs: Highlights

The Highlight clips from the Gates/Jobs mutual interview is worth watching, even if you’re not a tech. Humorous, but also puts a real historical feel behind these many decades now of the powerhouses behind personal computing. The full interview and a transcript is also available from the page.

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Web

Web 2.0 way of running a web application

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Question: How do you turn a Web 1.0 application into a Web 2.0 one? Answer: Pull the plug. I’ve been involved in comments over at Robert Scoble’s on the Zooomr crash and burn, and make no mistake: the application is down and out, and there is no plan in place to get […]